@ChrisH

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Not that I disagree with you (to be honest I don't actually care what the CTO does since I'm not his target customer) but the Pandora portable gaming console's development almost started off as an "open community development". And while it may be two years late, and the butt of many jokes about being ready in "two more months", it is actually available to buy now (albiet in limited quantities), and seemingly pretty decent (allowing for some initially very wonky quality control). So "open community development" can work (with difficulty), and can potentially engage your target audience's enthusiasm. Just beware of letting Homer Simpson design your next car...

agreed on all fronts. i'm a big support of 'open development' in software, participating in the fedora and (until recently) opensolaris communities. the pandora project was an example of how incredibly talented enthusiasts can come up with something great. rest assured i was not impuning the potential behind open development in any way. it was just a joke at barry's expense.

but back to pandora and 'commodore USA,' based on what i see so far, i'm not quite sure the two situations are similar. in any way. one had infrastructure, engineers, experienced developers, project managers, and the other, well, has none of these. which isn't to say it could change, but i don't think designing something as complex as an anubis OS clone is really feasible in a few random postings on aw.net.

as a personal aside i recently noted on your website that you used to develop software for EPOC. along with my collection of newtons, the series5 was one of the greatest pieces of kit i owned in the '90s. still works, actually.

-- eliyahu

Last edited by eliyahu on 08-Sep-2010 at 12:10 AM.

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